Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266165AbUFYMy3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:54:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266167AbUFYMy3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:54:29 -0400 Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net ([204.127.202.64]:58843 "EHLO sccrmhc13.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266165AbUFYMyJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:54:09 -0400 Message-ID: <40DC2063.7070109@comcast.net> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:53:55 -0400 From: David van Hoose User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Philip R. Auld" CC: Christoph Hellwig , Helge Hafting , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Collapse ext2 and 3 please References: <40DB605D.6000409@comcast.net> <40DBED77.6090704@hist.no> <40DC0CE0.6040509@comcast.net> <20040625114105.GA28892@infradead.org> <40DC1192.7030006@comcast.net> <20040625084836.A2205@vienna.EGENERA.COM> In-Reply-To: <20040625084836.A2205@vienna.EGENERA.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1557 Lines: 56 That could be a problem. How do I check its configuration? Regards, David Philip R. Auld wrote: > Rumor has it that on Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 07:50:42AM -0400 David van Hoose said: > >>yeah.. Really. Here's what I do. >> >>I have ext3 partitions, so I decided if they are different partitions, >>then I can compile my kernel with ext2 as a module and ext3 builtin. >>So I do it and reboot. Panic! Reason? Cannot find filesystem for the >>root partition. >>The error is in the kernel itself either way. Pick your reason. >>1) ext3 is identified as ext2 on bootup. >>2) There is no fallback to ext3 if ext2 is not found. >> >>I'll check this again to be sure on a 2.6 kernel later today, but as far >>as 2.4 is concerned my kernel panics. >> > > > > Make sure any initrd you are using is not ext2 based. > > Cheers, > > Phil > > > >>Regards, >>David >> >>PS. Shut up with the cheap insults. I have empirical evidence supporting >>my claim. Meaning there exists a bug somewhere. >> >>Christoph Hellwig wrote: >> >>>On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 07:30:40AM -0400, David van Hoose wrote: >>> >>> >>>>If ext2 and ext3 are different filesystems, why does my kernel panic if >>>>I include ext3 in the kernel make ext2 a module? >>> >>> >>>My kernel doesn't, must be a problem in front of the computer. >>> >>> >> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/